Tag: texas
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Fitness Tweetup
One of the cool things about being so active in this space are the opportunities that come my way. In a recent interview with George and Paula Roberts about Fitness and Social Media, the idea for a Fitness Tweetup was born. We all know that spending an inordinate amount of time on sedentary tasks leads…
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Interview On Going To SXSW Badgeless
Several of us who made the trek from San Antonio to Austin, TX for the Interactive portion of South by Southwest (SXSW) were interviewed by San Antonio Express-News reporter, Valentino Lucio about attending without an official badge. In the past 5 years, I have been badged and badgeless at SXSW. While it is true, there…
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What’s New? Camps, Conference and Speaking
Want to know what is going on in Jen’s World? Let start with MobiCamp San Antonio on Saturday, February 26, 2011. You may be wondering exactly what MobiCamp San Antonio is all about. Well here in a nutshell is an explanation: “MobiCamp San Antonio is an UnConference being held to focus conversation around the use…
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Texas Social Media Awards: I’ve Been Nominated!
In case you missed all the hubbub surrounding the Second Annual Texas Social Media Awards put on by the Austin-American Statesman, here is a breakdown: • Nominations are open to any resident of Texas • Nominees are listed and commenting is open for judges to consider • Judges pick top 25 • Winners are announced…
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The Social Media Scrooge
We have all seen them or more likely we have all heard them. They are the folks who make a face whenever we talk about our Twitter friends. Roll their eyes when we share Facebook stories. They are also the folks who will tell you that real business doesn’t happen when you waste time on…
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Open Letter to the San Antonio Podcasting Community
To My Fellow Podcasters: Creating and being a part of the San Antonio Podcasting Group has been an amazing experience. It started as a way for me to find local podcasters to share my excitement about, what at the time was, a groundbreaking medium. It’s been 4 years since those humble beginnings back in September…
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Thoughts on Barcamp San Antonio
On the off chance you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard the news, we just held the first ever Barcamp in San Antonio this past weekend. It was an amazing success and by far the easiest camp-like event I’ve organized. Considering I’ve done two Podcamps and a Startup Weekend in the last 16…
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The Social Networking Short-Cut
Social Networking is all the rage right now. There are those who have been a part of it in some form or fashion since it’s inception. There are others who are just hearing about it today. I became involved in Social Networking through podcasting in 2005. For me, it was about finding people who were…
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Startup Weekend San Antonio
On May 16-18th 40 people gathered together to create 3 companies from scratch. It’s a new phenomenon that is sweeping the nation: Startup Weekend. It was created by Andrew Hyde in Boulder Colorado with events held all over the country and Canada. I knew some of the folks who had thrown Startup Weekend Houston in…